The EIU’s Global Forecasting team has constructed an index to rank the quality of the policy response to coronavirus across 21 OECD countries. In our new report, “How well have OECD countries responded to the coronavirus crisis?”, we examine which countries did best and worst during the pandemic given their initial risk factors.

Countries have been assessed against three “quality of response” criteria. Three mitigating factors adjusted scores to take pre-existing risk factors into account. The resulting index shows which countries have so far managed the pandemic best, given their risk profiles.

The governments of Australia, Austria, Denmark, Germany, Iceland, Israel, New Zealand and Norway have performed best in managing the public health emergency caused by the pandemic. At the other end of the spectrum, Belgium, Italy, Spain and the UK record the lowest scores in our index. Our report provides answers as to what went well, or wrong, for all of these countries.

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